yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] knowsleyroader:
Many thanks to the original poster. In fact many, many thanks :D I just did a basic install when it asked for basic, corporate or personal. Is there some other benefit doing it the way you did it ?

Only switched it on to put my sim in it and put it on charge but the screen and speed were WOW ! It looks a REALLY nice phone and im sure it will keep me happily surfing in bed along with my Wizard which will be my main phone.

Does video stream better over wifi than the wizard with tcmp ?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] knowsleyroader:
Damn this is a nice piece of kit. My first post with it :) With regards to the data 5 tarrif, do I have to get calls switched on because I just tried to send and receive a call but it wouldn't. The sales lady confirmed I could make calls at the pay and go rate but do I have to activate it ? The sim is activated by the way and giving me a signal.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Flanders64:
i can not decide to use this as my main phone with my orange payg sim, or use it as a second phone/pda using the o2 sim and making use of the 5mb a month?

whats everyone else doing? :)

i am thinkin it is a bit big to carry around all the time.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] knowsleyroader:
Depends where your going and what your doing m8. If im just going into work I may take my Exec where if I am going out anywhere I will prob use the Mini S.

Can call forwarding be set up on these things ? Whichever one someone rings, you could always set it to forward to the other if the call isnt answered couldnt you ?

Must look into that myself. Im still new to all this only getting my mini S christmas day and got my Exec today. Couldnt resist the data 5 deal :D
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] fatcat168:
my reciept shows 0.01 for the e313 I traded in.. is that normal?? hope i still get my £50 in 28 days!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] themez2004:
First time post here, but hope i can help out a bit. I went after the deal a few days ago at my local store (Edinburgh, Gyle) and they said i couldn't take the deal, but they were going to check with head office whether they could give me the deal. So popped into another store (Edinburgh, West End) and after they questionned the deal they tried to sell it to me for £229.99 so I just mumbled some stuff about false advertising :D and they were more co-operative. Give it a go if they refuse you. I still don't actually have the phone as I am under 18 and they need my parents account or sumthin, don't want to bore you though. If you don't have a phone to trade-in for £50 pop along to carphone warehouse where they have PAYG phones only £12.49 (Motorola C115 i think).

Anyway good luck

Euan
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] bittis:
Canterbury O2 shop

Hi guys, went there today, when i entered the shop the employees there seemed normal, i asked for an exec and they were happy about it, profit i assume would be their main reason, as i asked about it and asked for the January 2006 magazine of O2 i then asked about the price, but the woman selling them was looking at an other page for them, then i indicated that it isnt 227 or whatever but 100, then she became agressive and insisted, and then went upstairs. She came back a few minutes later saying they cant do this and it is only for upgrades. I asked them to call their main offices and they denied stating " We will not sell you this phone here at that price no matter what ". I talked about false advertisment etc, but they ignored it being very strict and rude. I then said thank you and left the shop, feeling pissed off and disapointed with the service of O2. I was planning on getting a contract with them anyway but after such an unprofesional treatment and behaviur, i think other companies can offer more than O2. And one more thing, if it is a missprint, why would O2 not pull in all the flyers and replace them with updated ones, as it is a serius company, or so it claims.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] knowsleyroader:
Mine came up as a penny but the manger said it will do but I would get a cheque for £50.

My exec also came up at £229 on the screen and the manager first said you cant have data alone, thats why its done that. When I said in the terms on the website it said data could be standalone he told the girl to reduce it to £99 as in the magazine.

If anyone is thinking of doing this I would just be polite but persistent.

I just went through the advert with the sales girl saying the phone was free on £45 or above but £99 on any other tarrif. She said yeah. So I said I could take out the data 5 tarrif then couldnt I and the phone would be £99 and she said yeah. Then I said I can also get £50 trade in for my old phone and she said yeah. I then said ... " Go on luv i'll av one of them then " :lol:

To be fair she was really nice and helpfull as was the manager to be fair. I guess it depends on who you get but in reality the shop shouldnt matter a deal offered is a deal offered. Maybe call customer services and tell them you have been refused a deal in the magazine ?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] themez2004:
Just got it. :D No problems. (except at the till when it came up as £229 but they changed it to £99.98. If anyone is around Edinburgh and wants this deal i would definitely recommend the store at the West End. They had the view that if it's printed then they can sell it. They accepted my motorola c115 as a trade-in for £50 and i had only just payed £12.49 for it at the carphone warehouse.

Good Luck to all that try to get the deal.

Euan
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] knowsleyroader:
Has anyone else had trouble making or receiving phonecalls while on this data5 tarrif ? The sales lady said I could make and receive calls at pay and go rate without any problems but all I get is 3 beeps when trying to make a call. I also get the same when trying to make a call to the handset.

The handset is fine as Ive had a vodafone sim in working.

I am getting a full signal with the O2 sim. I called customer services and the lady said ( didnt seem to know what she was doing ) that there were no bars on the phone and it should be able to make calls although she didnt know anything about data tarrifs. She spoke to a supervisor who said it should be fine for calls but to be honest I dont think they knew what they were on about.

Do you have to get calls enabled on the plan ? Thats what I was trying to do but she said it should already be enabled.

Has everyone else been able to make calls without problems ?

What makes this worse is my other 02 contract that I took out isnt up and running as I have had 2 dud sims. Im now waiting for a third but the transfer of my old payg number has completed to the second sim that isnt working and so my payg number is now down. I have no phone number at all now until I can get a working sim from 02 for my new contract and then when I activate that is should be as my old payg number.

Jeez ....

Any help of a number I need to call who will know whats going on to get calls enabled on my data5 sim would be appreciated. Or if everyone elses is working I guess I now have my 3rd dud sim from o2 :cry:
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] jah:
@knowsleyroader

I was told I had to upgrade to the Data36 tariff to be able to use voice calls. I found the Customer Sercives online (ie by email) more helpful then the CS by telephone. My Data36 SIM works okay now for voice calls.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] knowsleyroader:
I will just leave it then as im not willing to upgrade. Think I will email customer services though and say I was told in the shop that I could make and receive calls on it at payg rate and see if they will give them to me. I will be ok once I get my o2 contract sim up and running again as I will be quite happy to just stick a voda sim in the Exec but I would have been happy with the data5 with calls for now.

Have now sent an email to customer services. Will let you know how I get on with regards to getting voice on data5 for no extra. Fingers crossed...
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] rottie:
I got mine today!! Thanks for a great tip! Of course they said that it's a misprint but after phone call to the head office they said "We're gonna make an exception for you..." :lol:

So now I have one MDA PRO, one XDA EXEC and one SPV M1500 :lol:

All fronts covered :wink:

HAve to start selling :wink:
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Numberz:
hey, just got mine today aswel...

funny thing is, theres only 2 o2 stores in my city centre, the 1st 1 weren't having any of it, and had taken all the brochures off the shelves....

they were using only 1 in store, and they had crossed out the error....

but i thought id try my luck at the other store, and guess what, they had the brochures...

at 1st, they said i have to have an additional voice tarrif...i said no thanks....

then they said they would have to fone head office,

after that they gave in...

traded in my dusty 3210 from the attic ....

:lol:

big thanks to binary0110 for the info!!!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] doody:
Any stores in the Oxford St / West Central area?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Begtets:
What state does your trade-in need to be in to get £50 back?

I have many old phones 5110's etc, but not with chargers, boxes or manuals.

Gonna try and get me phone tomorrow.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] knowme:
HELP!!!

i need to get one set and i tried but my credit check was refused as I am in the country for 10 months only. If some1 agrees to do it on my behalf I can give you my old phone (XDA 1) and i can pay upto £200 (in a go) and u can even keep the SIM just to make sure that i dont use it more than the allowance and it results in you being billed.

Do let me know of the posibility.

regards,

Noman
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] xqizit:
I went to the O2 store about 6pm last night and managed to get it... As I paid for the device the other lady who worked there told me..."you are so lucky" I just received an email saying there had been a mistake in the brochure!"....

hahaha...

no the choice begins... M5000 to keep or my new Exec???????

hmmmm...

nice choice to have to make!

:lol:
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] bittis:
grrrr :P

Why do i have to be the unlucky one!!!! calling the O2 office would not be any good at this stage i guess!!!! :shock: if you have any other ideas please let me know :(
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] knowsleyroader:
Still worth a try, it may now have filtered to every store yet. You also might get a store that doesnt bother to read their email :D
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] bittis:
The problem is that i have already tried the nearest O2 shop to me, in Canterbury and the next one would be 2 hours from here i guess and they wouldnt sell it to me.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] knowsleyroader:
Maybe phone the store ask them what you are interested in as someone has told you about it and enquire if they have stock and would that deal be available.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Bagpuss:
Can definitely confirm that the deal is now OFF.

Have tried two different stores today near me (Fleet and Farnborough in Hampshire), and both told me that the offer has been withdrawn.

Two of my colleagues are really pissed off, as they were going to go down last night, and decided to wait until this morning after reserving the units over the phone.

It was good while it lasted, though.

Bagpuss.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] knowsleyroader:
Just glad I bothered to go back for a second look on Monday. The store was closed at first and only opened about 10.30.

What a feckin deal it was :D Thank you O2. Mwuuuuuuuhaaaaaaa !
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Melty:
Bagpuss: Are yuo saying that they had reserved them and a deal had been made and that O2 then reneged on the deal? That sounds VERY annoying although I am sure they are within their rights to do it. Bastards!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Bagpuss:
It seems that the deal is back on, sort of.......

My boss tried to get the deal at the Woking o2 store, after having reserved the Exec over the phone the previous evening. He basically wanted to ensure that they had stock, but didn't mention the kind of contract he wanted.. He didn't want them to use the good old 'out of stock' excuse.

When he got down there this morning, he said he had come to pick up the Exec, and told them that he wanted the 'deal'. At this point, the sales assistant called the manager. The manager explained that all stores had been notified that the printed offer was a mistake, and that it was now discontinued. In fact, the stores have been told to remove all January catalogues from show, and black out the section which mentions the £99.99 price on any tariff. Once done, they are putting the catalogues back on display.

My boss was having none of it, and produced a catalogue showing the offer, and insisted on the store honouring it. Apparently, the o2 manager got seriously angry and started banging phones on desks etc. All very unprofessional. My boss then decided to give up, and come back to the office.

My other colleague (who had also reserved an Exec) had better luck, though. He went to the Farnborough store, gave his name, and they came out with an Exec for him. Once he had it in his hands, he then mentioned the 'deal'. The manager here told him that it had been discontinued, but that he would honour it, as my colleague had a catalogue which hadn't been altered. My boss then went down to the Farnborough store with his catalogue, and was also able to get the Exec with the 'deal' price.

What does this tell us? Shop around, and make sure you've got a catalogue which shows the deal price. Also, don't mention that you want the offer price until you've got the Exec in your hands. There are still o2 shops who will honour the promotion, as long as you've got it in black and white.

Bagpuss.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] knowsleyroader:
Dang I actually picked up a copy of the January catalogue but have just checked and my wife has threw it out. I would have been more than willing to post it out to someone.

Im sure if any others have a copy of the catalogue maybe they would ship it on for someone to try with ?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Bagpuss:
What would be even better is if you've got the December catalogue as well (like I did).

That way you can show them the December offer (£99.99 for the XDA IIi), and then make the case that it's only natural that the January catalogue has the Exec on the promotion, as it's the new flagship model.

Bagpuss.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] knowsleyroader:
It must have been one of the stores that squealed to the head office and pointed out their error :D Spoilsports :wink:
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] joebongo:
Have you noticed how many O2 Execs are on Ebay at the moment!

How many people have done this from here I wonder

Although a mate got it as an upgrade for 150, which still leaves a tidy profit when it sells for 400+

Perhaps the OP could add a poll "Did you take up this offer?" Yes/No
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] l6cum:
Hello,

I have also made use of this offer just yesterday, i went into the comercial street branch of 02, and got the catalogue and said i wanted the 'deal'. the first guy looked at it and said it must be a mistake as the normal tarriff is £229!, i said look, and quoted the small print about free for tariff above £45 and 99.99 on all others and he checked with another colleague and then finally his manager. at first the manager said no, but i re-iterated it is printed in the book and a 'mate' in birmingham has got this deal and recommended it to me, so check with head office if you have to. i raised my voice very slightly as the manager was dealing with a customer and their were about 4 others browsing in store, before agreeing to put it through at the offer price. i didnt bother with a trade-in as my spare phones are worth more but for £212 odd quid a Bargain.

on the till he gave me a discount of £130 to make it 99.99, the sales guy commented you have got a baragin of a phone!!

of course i didnt let on that i already had an exec in my pocket which i have already got on a different contract so this one was purely for sale and will be on ebay next week as BRAND NEW FACTORY SEALED.

So big thanks to the OP for this post and luckily i got in on TUesday, after i originally was going to go down on Saturady, i could have got 2!!!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] rricha:
Bad News

I went in to the O2 store in Lincoln today, they had copies of the Jan 06 Price Guide but they had scibbled out the price of the XDA Exec.

When questioned they showed me an email sent in this morning from O2 HQ removing this offer.

Oh well, guess it was good whil eit lasted!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] chenman:
Did the email say anything about honoring the deal if customers brought in a catalog which is showing the deal?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] premo:
Got One Today!

Hi All,

Went into the O2 shop in Victoria street today. Picked up a Jan06 booklet found the page with the Exec offer to find part of the text blanked out with a black marker pen.

I approached the assistant and asked about the offer. I was told that it was a mistake, and they were told to withdraw the offer......

SO...

I asked can you show me proof that the offer has been withdrawn. the answer to this question was "yes er.r.r But i can let you have the deal"

approx 45min later I walked out of the shop with my new Exec on data5 tarrif for £99.99 (dident have a handset to trade in). now I have 2 Exec's

one on voice tarrif O2 online (just had to have it when it first came out). and this one which I have put my Vodafone 3G data250 sim in. (£20pm for 250mb. from Adams phones).

If you have problems getting the deal, just keep trying........

Regards

Premo
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] rricha:
Lucky

I also asked if they could show me proof that the offer had been withdrawn, they then printed off the email.

I questioned them about their "false" advertising and they just pointed me to "the small print" which basically stated that the tariffs/prices were correct at the time of going to press however they [o2] reserved the right to change them without notice - at this point I realised I was not going to get the deal.

Probably the only solution is to find a store with staff who either don't care, or can be easily persuaded

Good Luck

PS - I bought one anyway as this still made the complete deal £292, cheaper than Ebay, brand new and with a 24 month warranty
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Begtets:
Got one on Wednesday 4th.

I went into the Prices Quay branch in Hull and although the brochures were there unaltered they said the ad was a mistake and had been withdrawn, and they reserved the right to change, blah, blah, blah. She was having none of it so I ran round to the Jameson St. branch.

When I got there, the sales guys were sat at the back with marker pens, busying away with the brochures. Fortunately I'd picked up a brochure a the first branch. It took about an hour to convince them I was leaving without one, but they agreed and then they tried everything to get out of it.

1. Need a voice tariff, as data is just an 'add-on'.

2. Need to be VAT registered for a data tariff.

3. Refused credit! (I checked their screen and they'd been putting my account code in wrong. A mistake? Possibly, but I doubt it.)

Glad I was well armed. Thanks for the tips guys.

btw, they discounted mine in error to the tune of 2p. So I ended up paying 49.97 not 49.99 after my trade in. Anyone beat that? :P
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] jah:
@premo

I also use the Victoria street branch in London. The manager is a Exec fan and the staff are very good. Even if the offer is withdrawn I recommend this branch for good service!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] benbtg:
Am I the last to get an Exec this cheap!!

Think I must have had one of my major lucky days!

Got XDA Exec last week Jan 23rd! on the 'Deal' with the Data 36 tarrif even cheaper then the guy who got it for 49.97!

It cost me a total of -£0.01!

Walked into the O2 shop in Bristol had a copy of the original brochure from a friend. Approached a saleswoman who (luck of all lucks) hadn't heard about all the Exec mispriced whoha so when I casually asked to buy it at the january sale offer price, showing her the the brochure in black and white, she agreed and ran me through the paper work. It was only when it came to tilling up that it got a bit hairy when the till kept coming up with £379! She asked to be excused while she spoke to the manager at which point the penny dropped and the manager approached me. I showed him the brouchure which he promptly ripped up! But! Agreed to honour it as we had got this far!

He said I would be the last one and ironicly he said he was the guy who first raised the alarm about the misprice and warned all the other stores not to honour it, saying heads would roll! Oh dear!

Anyway I handed in my nokia for the £50 rebate so only had to pay £49.99. But earlier this week I got a cheque from the company for £50 covering the phone rebate! I think I was supposed to have been charged 99.99 and then just get a cheque. So there you have it. -1 penny for an XDA Exec.

Anyone beat that?

Sorry had to gloat!

I'm normally the one who pays full whack for these thing only the find them selling for half price a few weeks later! Think this makes up for it!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Melty:
Congratulations. You win... a new Exec and a penny! :lol:
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
And a data tariff?

V
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Melty:
Ah but he has to pay for that. Hmmm. Bit of a double-edged sword... unless of course he wanted the data tariff.

Vijay, go to bed. I am (that's not an invitation by the way).
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
:) Go to bed! Man, you wouldn't believe the week I've had. Had two big cases in court today, was in the office for around 18 hours Thurday night, running around like a madman on Wednesday, up till 6am on Tuesday, and have to work on Sunday :(

I'm having programming withdrawals... need to get a fix tonight or I'll start to shake!

Off-off-topic, I heard something a while back that they're not doing the phones cheap/free with any data tariffs (not the misprint, just normal data tariffs). Is that correct? I'll have to go in with my stash of old catalogues to see what I can winkle out of them :evil:

V
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Melty:
I'd heard the same thing, but I don't know if it's true. I was going to see what I could do too! I'll keep you informed (via PM).

Sounds like you've been overdoing it young man! I hope you are appreciated at work, cos after a week like that I bet you're not appreciated at home! :lol:
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] thunder_storm:
Re: [O2 shop] XDA Exec on Data 5 tariff - minimum term cost

Hi bros is this offer still valid? thanks in advance came late..........................
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
No thunder_storm, it's been closed down. If you're very lucky, it might happen, but unlikely.

V
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] thunder_storm:
oh okie so wats the current price now?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] benbtg:
On the tarrif I am on it is now £379 i believe.

I'm on the data 36 tarrif which is about £17 a month and I'm very happy with as although it is a Data only tarrif, I can use Skype to make free or very cheap voice calls.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Gajet:
£229.99 On Data 36 or any data tariffs

Free on Voice tariffs over £60 a month.

BTW Data 5 has been removed as a stand alone tariff to, so no £229.99 Exec with £8 a month tariff either
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Melty:
Oh well, it was good while it lasted... :D
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Herian:
Hi all,

i'm italian, so i supposed that i can't make a contract for 12/24 month. It is possible to pay all the montly fee in one time?

And... How is the cheapest way to get a mda pro? :lol:
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] jah:
@Herian, for the XDA Exec you need a UK address for the O2 credit check. Have you got friends/family in the UK that can arrange a 12 month contract for you?